Noncommutativity in the North – MikaelFest

Date: 17. – 20. June 2024 (Monday – Thursday)

Venue: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Chalmers Tvärgata 3, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

All talks will be at Lecture Hall KA of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, right in front of the Mathematics Department. The adress is Kemigården 4, 412 58 Göteborg.

Schedule: Detailed schedule can be found in the booklet. The conference reception is Monday 18:00, the conference dinner is Wednesday 19:00.

Pictures:

Pictures by Bruce Blackadar: Bedos, Dinner1, Dinner2, Dinner3, Elliott1, Elliott2, Farah, Higson, MusatStrung, Rørdam1. Rørdam2, Strung1, Strung2, Vaes

Pictures by Eduard Vilalta: Blackadar, Dinner4, Dinner5, Dinner6, Dinner7, Dinner8, Elliott3, Rørdam3, Strung3

Slides:

• Bruce Blackadar: Trends and Fashion in Operator Algebras
• Siegfried Echterhoff: K-theory for crossed products by Bernoulli shifts
• Ilijas Farah: Coronas and strongly self-absorbing C*-algebras
• Nigel Higson: Spectral theory for Toeplitz operators, topology, and a physical system of gyroscopes
• Stefaan Vaes: W*-superrigidity of group von Neumann algebras

Hotels: The venue is close to the city center, which means that numerous hotels are within walking distance or reachable by very short commute with bus/tram. The following two hotels are close to the venue:

• Hotel Lorensberg (most speakers stay here)
• Comfort Hotel Panorama

Gothenburg has a very good public transportation system, and cheaper hotels can be found further away from the city center. For example, in Mölndal one can find Quality hotel The Weaver (18 minutes by tram), Åby Hotel – Best Western Plus (25 minutes by tram), or Good Morning Mölndal (25 or 30 minutes by bus).

Getting around Gothenburg: To plan trips, it is useful to download the Västtrafik to Go app or browse vasttrafik.se. You can buy a day card or 3 day card ticket on the app, or in most convenience stores (Pressbyrån or 7-eleven). These cards include travel by bus, tram and ferry within Gothenburg. Note that you cannot buy tickets by cash on buses or trams.

Getting to Gothenburg: If you fly to Gothenburg, you will arrive at „Landvetter“ airport.There are two options for getting to the city center:

• You can take the Airport bus (Flygbussarna). It takes about 30 minutes, and there are several stops in the center. One of these stops is Korsvägen, which is 7min walking from Hotel Lorensberg. Only credit cards are accepted on the bus. For more information and the timetable visit www.flygbussarna.se.
• You can take a taxi. You will find a taxi stand at the airport. A trip to/from the city center costs approximately SEK 500. Service is included in the taximeter price, which means that tipping is not expected.